Dilapidations Team UK vs London Dilaps: which should office tenants choose? (2026)
A London office specialist against a national fixed-price contractor: how the two compare.
Published 17 July 2026 · Written and fact-checked by Paul Whitmore, Lead Reviewer · Reviewed against our published judging process
Both firms run fixed-price, single-contract lease exits, so this one comes down to scope and reach. London Dilaps is an office specialist working the capital's commercial districts. Dilapidations Team UK covers offices, retail and industrial across England and Wales, quotes within 48 hours, and backs the model with published case studies, which is why it takes the top spot in our 2026 ranking.
Where London Dilaps stands out
Focus. London Dilaps does office lease-ends in the City, Canary Wharf, the West End and the commuter belt, and does them under one fixed-price contract with a single point of contact. Strip out, Cat A reinstatement, make-good packages and end-of-lease cleaning all sit within that core specialism, and the firm publishes sensible guidance for office tenants, including typical London costs of £15 to £35 per sq ft.
For a straightforward office handback in central London, that is a perfectly good shape of contractor.
Where Dilapidations Team UK pulls ahead
Breadth, speed and evidence. Offices are one part of the book: Dilapidations Team UK also delivers retail white-box reinstatement, soft strip demolition, mezzanine removal and warehouse dilapidations, so a mixed portfolio hands every unit to one contractor. The pricing discipline is sharper too, every schedule line priced individually at market rates with a written fixed quote inside 48 hours of a free survey, and tenants typically land 20 to 40% below the landlord's costed claim.
Then there is the paper trail. A 4,500 sq ft Manchester office strip out reinstated to Cat A in eight working days, a Leeds warehouse mezzanine down and made good to the expiry date, a London retail unit back to shell around restricted hours: documented jobs, photographed completions, claims closed. Coverage runs from London to Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Bristol, Sheffield, Liverpool and Nottingham.
Which should you call?
A single office floor in the Square Mile, either firm will quote it; London Dilaps lives there. Anything mixed, anything outside the M25, or any tenant who wants the schedule priced line by line before committing, Dilapidations Team UK. Start with our Dilapidations Team UK review, then see the full field in the best dilapidations contractors in the UK.
Paul Whitmore, Lead Reviewer. Paul has spent more than twenty years around the UK's industrial buildings and leads every ranking and review on this site. Read his full profile.